Need two user accounts to check one email address

I am setting up my new 27" imac. My wife and I have each set up user accounts but share an email address on this computer. I need her account and mine to use the same email address and look to the same folder so that whoever is logged in can send all emails. How do I tell mail for each user to look to the same folder?

tadbeck wrote:
I am setting up my new 27" imac. My wife and I have each set up user accounts but share an email address on this computer. I need her account and mine to use the same email address and look to the same folder so that whoever is logged in can send all emails. How do I tell mail for each user to look to the same folder?
you don't need to share the same Mail folder for this which is never done. just set up the same email account on both user accounts. nothing special is required. if the email account is IMAP then everything will sync automatically with the server. if the account is POP then check the option in Mail preferences->accounts->advanced to leave messages on the server after downloading. this way both users will get the same messages. But if you are accessing the same email account from various computers or accounts it's much the best to use an IMAP email account as it syncs everything with the server automatically.

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